June 3, 2009

• Por-Por-Cha-Cha-Cha

  
  

  This entry is dedicated to The Piano Ninja, who rose from her bed of pain and suffering to call me on the phone to see why it had been a month since I had posted. You just can’t beat guilt like that.

  
  

  I’ve been trying to figure out why it is that I’ve not been blogging. I’ve been keeping up with Facebook status updates with no trouble. Yet, I’ve been left cold when it comes to reading and writing blogs.  I think it might partially be the feeling of “If I don’t comment on their blogs, why should I make them read mine?”  However, since no one is forcing anyone to read or comment, that’s a silly point. My only other guess is that when I am busy and don’t have time just to sit and think, I don’t write much.

  This morning, I woke up almost three hours earlier than I had planned, so I’ve got lots of extra time. Well, rephrase that. I should be tidying the house as it’s looking quite ragged, and Little Miss’s homeschool evaluator will be here in two hours.  Instead, I’m writing.

  What have we been up to here at Chez Sellers?  Bunches!  But, I’ll let some pictures do the talking.
  

  
  

  We had a few boards in need of replacing on our front porch. That Dog chewed those spots up and made the porch rather unsightly. We got some estimates to have someone come and repair it for us, but we really didn’t have the spare thousand or more dollars in labor that was quoted. So, I asked Wit to rip off half the porch and replace it. 
  

  
  

  I have discovered the merits of having a meticulous, perfectionistic future architect in the family. He’s doing a fabulous job–measuring carefully, hand cutting each board. It will take a fair bit of time, and it won’t be done before Hunter’s graduation on Saturday, but it WILL get done (Lord willing!).  
  

  
  

  And what was that I casually mentioned in the last paragraph? Graduation on Saturday?  Yes, Hunter has his homeschool graduation ceremony this Saturday.
  

  
  

  I’d like to say that he will graduate, but that’s not true. Until he writes his 2,500 word report on Walt Whitman, gives his speech on The Tower of London, and finishes reading 25 books, he won’t be finished with high school.

  Speaking of a handsome fellow in a tux, Sunday night Hunter and I went to Altoona to the Isaac Awards. These are–in essence–high school Tony Awards for four counties in PA. Hunter had been nominated as Best Supporting Actor for his role as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast.  Although he personally did not win, Beauty and the Beast took home a number of awards including Best Set Design, Best Production Number (Be Our Guest), 1st runner up for Best Actress, and Best Overall Musical.  Here’s a close up of some of the cast and crew on stage the night of the award ceremony.
  

  
  

  And even more tux tales (and the explanation for the cha-cha-cha).  Friday night was the Spring Ball. I got to be a chaperone and the official photographer (418 pictures, thank you very much!).   My dancing skills did not miraculously improve over the course of the year, but I still had a lovely time, as did the kids.
  

  
  ‘Tis I and Kristi (which is more fun if you say “Krist-eye”)

  

  Gockle has mad dance skills and fulfilled all three of his goals: to dance every dance from the time he was allowed (waiters had to wait until 9:00 to dance), to dance with every woman he knew, and to dance with someone he didn’t know. I am not sure how dancing with C fit into those admirable plans.

  

  Oh, gosh. I have pictures of them as tiny babies slumped on the couch next to each other. Awwww.

  

  Wit enjoyed the dance, too.

  
  

  
  

  Perhaps I will force myself to keep to writing an entry every few days. Perhaps not.  But either way, thanks for reading!
  

  
  

  
  

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